Rope
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An encyclopedia article on rope and rope making from an early 19th-century Oxford encyclopedia. It covers the physics of rope rigidity (experiments by Amontons, Desaguliers, Coulomb), fibre sources such as hemp, the principles of spinning yarns, and the laying of strands into rope on a rope-walk with the tackle-board, sledge, top and woolders. It ends with tarring and Du Hamel's strength tests of white versus tarred cordage. One plate (Plate 135, Rope Making) illustrates the tools and machinery.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1826
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 6
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